Alternative Brightonian quartet El Moono are delighted to announce their debut album, The Waking Sun, to be released 10th May via Lockjaw Records.
As if that weren’t enough, the band have also released their highly atmospheric, thunderous new single ‘The First Man On Mars’.
Watch the video below.
Stream here: https://elmoono.lnk.to/firstmanonmars
Pre-orders for The Waking Sun coming soon.
The band comment: “Modern life looks more like a dystopia every day – the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and billionaires are planning their escape to Mars.
The First Man On Mars’ is a comment on the billionaire space race, and how we’re allowing those billions to be invested in a vanity project, rather than problems that affect us all on earth.
Sometimes we feel like we’re stuck in the Truman Show, with no escape from our predetermined fates. Musically, the track sums up our band’s divergent style of songwriting, with verses of world-music tinged pop suddenly juxtaposed by doom-metal sludge sections, and accentuated by the biggest riff we’ve ever written.
El Moono have announced three headline shows ahead of the album’s release.
Dates are as follows:
Feb 29: Cardiff The Moon
Mar 01: Nottingham Chameleon
Mar 02: Luton Castle
The long-awaited debut marks an exciting turn for El Moono toward the darker and more abrasive – a more mature release from a band already marked for greatness.
The Waking Sun follows El Moono‘s highly-regarded 2022 Temple Corrupted EP (released via Lockjaw Records). Previous tours alongside Black Peaks, Haggard Cat, St Pierre Snake Invasion, and Press to MECO elevated El Moono within the new British underground, and the EP release garnered notable praise from Metal Hammer, Kerrang! and Guitar World. With influences of rock, hardcore, metal and grunge, the band’s off-kilter and oftentimes mind-bending riffs, emotive songs and expressive lyricism combine to create a sound that’s difficult to pigeonhole.
The Waking Sun tracklist:
1. Dawn
2. Illusionist
3. The Waking Sun
4. The Charm
5. Haunting
6. Chains
7. The First Man On Mars
8. Orbit
9. Phantom
10. Screw Loose
11. Marionettes
12. Soul Eclipse
13. Dusk
For more information:
https://www.elmoono.com
https://www.facebook.com/elmoono
https://www.instagram.com/el.moono
https://twitter.com/elmoono4
